Trainspotting is just a one-hit wonder

Rating: Null/10 (8 July 2003)

I went into the theatre, convinced that "28 Days" would offered something different and provocative. Boy, was I wrong.
First, the camera work was, like, done my someone who just came out of film school, trying to cram as many tricks and angles as possible. Once in a blue moon, they seemed somewhat intriguing, but most of the time, it just looked plain awkward if not annoying.
The acting, I think they did the best they could. The interaction between all the characters consist of strategically placed one-liners. The producers might as well make them all non-speaking parts so that they can save a bundle.
Like the Impostor (2001), the 28 Days Later could have been easily boiled down to the first and last 20 minutes. Unlike the Impostor, however, the omitable portion doesn't advance plot or character development. One just sees people going from one (easily preventable) situation to another.
There are just so many things I either don't get, or they just simply don't make any sense at all. For instance, without giving away too much movie, how does one survive a gun-shot wound in the stomach with little medical attention? And what is with all those in-your-face product placements. "All I have is Pep$!, and Sunny-D. What do you prefer". C'mon, this is just rediculous.
Bottom line: Danny Boyle must be very bitter, and desparate for a comeback. It's good that he has still some friends in the right places. Otherwise, I have no idea how this even gets on screen and receive good reviews. He has to realise that Trainspotting was just an one-hit wonder and move on.